Yesterday morning was a mad rush to get to work. I had been attacking my to-do list since 4:00am, and really need to get to the office so I could get everything sent out. This meant skipping breakfast, throwing my crap into my backpack, then storming out the door.

Where I proceeded to drop my iPhone on the pavement.

And then accidentally kick it across the parking lot when I bent over to pick it up.

So now my beautiful iPhone has a giant crack running down the front along with assorted chips in the glass...

Not a pretty site.

What's odd is that this is the first time I've damaged an iPhone in the five years I've been buying them. Over the years I've dropped them numerous times... I even dunked one in a waterfall... but they've never been worse for wear. Which is odd, because before I got my first iPhone, my mobiles were breaking all the time.

I'm rough on phones, yo.

So, after drop-kicking my current iPhone, I honestly did expect to pick it up and have it be fine. To see that big-ass crack there shouldn't have shocked me, but it really did. Oh well. Given the abuse I heap on these things, it was bound to happen eventually. The good news is that everything is still working fine.

And now my iPhone is off to the good people at iResQ so they can replace his face. Don't ask me how I'll manage without it until Friday... I honestly don't know... but I'm sure plenty of comfort chocolate pudding is in order.

It was in a battery case, which does a pretty amazing job. But I don’t think that anything would have helped here. Given the fracture mark in the glass, I’m fairly certain that the phone struck face-down on a piece of raised gravel in the pavement. Short of having a covering over the front of the iPhone, not much can protect against that.

And yeah, I have really abused iPhones over the years to no effect. It takes a pretty serious hit to do damage like this. Unfortunately, I was up to that task!

I gasped out loud when I saw your photo! Is there anything sadder than an iDevice with a crack? I don’t think so. I’ve been super lucky myself. I’ve dropped mine more times than I care to admit and I’ve never broken one. They really are tougher than they look.

Not managed to break mine yet (touch wood!) but I have dropped it a couple of times. I have a rubberised case for it so it’s survived. Hopefully when my contract is up for renewal in September the next iPhone will be out…

I know I used *some* rescue place for my cracked phone way back when, and was very pleased with their service, speed and email notifications. Also, I’m pretty sure I asked people like you and Renagerie for input, but I cannot remember the name.

Ok so I went back and searched, and it was iResQ’s iPhone 3G S Broken Glass / Digitizer Replacement Service.

Ack! I’m behind on my blog reading, so this is old news. Just wanted to say thanks for the tip on iResQ. I haven’t needed the service yet, but I bookmarked their page in case I do. If it’s good for Dave, it’s good for me!

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